A "bridge the gap" (next wave of prospects) strategy. It's rational, IMO...even realistic, I think. IMO, it's a strategy to compete only for the division, not the pennant (too many teams in AL are a lot better than this). On the other hand, it's really only costing shorter-term money, so why not, I guess.I do think the offer for Alonso would have to be a bit sweeter from Cleveland's perspective, I think. (Not to mention the unlikelihood of Cleveland agreeing, under any circumstances, to plug a hole for their top competitor. But I get the point...a proven bat that provides a short-term solution at 1B)

A "bridge the gap" (next wave of prospects) strategy. It's rational, IMO...even realistic, I think. IMO, it's a strategy to compete only for the division, not the pennant (too many teams in AL are a lot better than this). On the other hand, it's really only costing shorter-term money, so why not, I guess. I do think the offer for Alonso would have to be a bit sweeter from Cleveland's perspective, I think. (Not to mention the unlikelihood of Cleveland agreeing, under any circumstances, to plug a hole for their top competitor. But I get the point...a proven bat that provides a short-term solution at 1B)

My goal with this “bridge the gap” approach is to also reasonably supplement the possibility that everything comes together for the 2019 Twins like it did for 2017 Yankees, a young team that had a lot of breakouts performances and rode them to Game 7 of ALCS against the eventual WS champs. IMO I believe the Twins core has similar, if not more, potential than that team showed before their postseason run, which is why I wanna bring in short-term solutions like Cruz, Lowrie, and Alonso for 1-2 years because even if we fail to make the deep playoff run I know this team is capable of, at least these guys will have served the purpose of “bridging the gap” to prospects like Lewis, Kirilloff, Rooker, Larnach, Jeffers, and Javier for relatively affordable price.